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I went to the game yesterday and met Vitamike and his friends. We had a great time. Vitamike and friends are great bunch to hang with and they are very cool people. I really enjoyed myself even though the Rams stunk it up. In my section, there were plenty of Rams fans (which surprised me here in Phoenix) and with a little alcohol in many folks, things got a little dicey at the end when people were leaving. We will continue to build this meeting every year as there is not a bad seat in the stadium. We shall see about next year.
WE do have some talent on this team and we have some pretty big dudes. Barksdale is a beast (sizewise) and so is Jake Long. Saffold, Brockers, Quinn, C. Long, Langford, Laurinaitus, Dunbar, and Olgetree also can be included in that category. Dunbar and Olgetree are very feisty as they were getting into post-play scuffles a lot. Janoris Jenkins is very fluid and deceptively agile and he was getting flagged for the most inconsequential contact I have ever witnessed live. Stacy is exactly as SJ76 as characterized him. He is a balling ball, short and squatty and very thick. When he bends over to run, you can't get a hold of the guy. Unfortunately yesterday, there were no holes to run through.
It was evident early on that this team is in "professional" mode and are playing for draft picks. Fisher was often standing alone on the sidelines with not a player or coach around him. I don't know what to make of that. Shottenheimer and Walton were more engaged but being their usual stupid selves. Their offense and defense respectively are so predictable to be laughable. The team looked like they were just playing out the game and will probably do so for the rest of the schedule.
Except for Dunbar and Olgetree and maybe Johnson and Jenkins, there were too many guys playing with little or no passion. Often the body language of the team and the O-line especially was one of being whipped even before the game really got going. Saffold was dragging himself around moping most of the day. He was the last one to the huddle and off the field every time the offense was up. Long is rapidly becoming a disappointment and we are paying that guy big bucks to get beat like he did yesterday.
This team has some real attitude problems and it was evident yesterday. Some of the guys just playing their own game. The offensive calling was so predictable that Cardinal fans were actually picking the plays that came true right before my eyes. The guy that forced the safety came from Long's side of the field and that play was completely a joke.
Stedman Bailey is going to be a star in this league. He was the only receiver that knows how to create distance between himself and the defender and he caught everything thrown his way when he was in there. Quick looks lost. Givens looked completely useless and the same for Jared Cook. The O-line just decided not to do much as well. Clemens had a pedestrian day but he took a beating. Clemens went for 16-27 for some yards and Stacy had 14 carries for 25 yards. Pathetic! We gave up three turnovers and 4 sacks. Austin got a nice break on that big run but then got cheap-shotted at the end of the play. He should have scored.
Outside of Dunbar and Olgetree, the defense looked asleep. On the opening drive, the Cards marched right down the field and scored. The opening play was a look-in slant to Fitzgerald that went for 25 yards. They ran that play all day because we could or would not stop it. They would clear out the DBs and then run Fitz on a delayed look-in underneath and Larry would do the rest. We had no sacks by Long or Quinn or anybody else except Olgetree. We never blitz Palmer until the end of the game and he had all day to throw. Again, I could not figure that out for the life of me.
The refs sunk to a new low by calling off that fumble recovery in the end zone and the Jenkins run back. They blew that call so badly and Jenkins would have scored. The was a shaft job of the highest order and we seem to get these types of screw-ups on a consistent basis now. Walton must be brain-dead like Shottenheimer. He is simply clueless on how to run a defense that has any type of prowess and players like C. Long I think knows it. I feel sorry for Long for having his career trashed by a bunch of collective idiots. Overall, a completely lackluster day. Very disappointing.
Zeurelin looked very pedestrian yesterday and his field goals barely squeeked through. This was on a day that kicker in Denver set a new field goal distance record. More of the same. One bright spot is Cody Davis is a keeper. He was smacking people all over the field on STs and he is going to be an excellent Safety. He should be playing ahead of McCleod.
And we had some of the bizarrest things happen and I am just scratching my head today trying to figure out the thinking of this coaching staff. Leaving Clemens in after the big hit was just bizarre. Davis was warming up like he was going in and then Clemens trots onto the field. WTH?? Then, we were already down 30 to 10 and Fisher starts calling timeouts before the 2:00 minute like we had a chance to win the game. He went through all three of them. We were looking at each other like, WTH?? He kept calling timeouts when we had no chance of scoring. Just freakin' bizarre.
Well, like other posters, I no longer expect much from this team the rest of the way. It is obvious they are just playing for draft picks and paychecks at this point. I am willing to give Fisher a pass for now but this is just more of the same lame Rams organization we have watched for the last 15 years. Nobody really gives a shit and there are some improvements from previous administrations but the undercurrent of mediocrity remains and I don't know if that is ever going to change.
WE do have some talent on this team and we have some pretty big dudes. Barksdale is a beast (sizewise) and so is Jake Long. Saffold, Brockers, Quinn, C. Long, Langford, Laurinaitus, Dunbar, and Olgetree also can be included in that category. Dunbar and Olgetree are very feisty as they were getting into post-play scuffles a lot. Janoris Jenkins is very fluid and deceptively agile and he was getting flagged for the most inconsequential contact I have ever witnessed live. Stacy is exactly as SJ76 as characterized him. He is a balling ball, short and squatty and very thick. When he bends over to run, you can't get a hold of the guy. Unfortunately yesterday, there were no holes to run through.
It was evident early on that this team is in "professional" mode and are playing for draft picks. Fisher was often standing alone on the sidelines with not a player or coach around him. I don't know what to make of that. Shottenheimer and Walton were more engaged but being their usual stupid selves. Their offense and defense respectively are so predictable to be laughable. The team looked like they were just playing out the game and will probably do so for the rest of the schedule.
Except for Dunbar and Olgetree and maybe Johnson and Jenkins, there were too many guys playing with little or no passion. Often the body language of the team and the O-line especially was one of being whipped even before the game really got going. Saffold was dragging himself around moping most of the day. He was the last one to the huddle and off the field every time the offense was up. Long is rapidly becoming a disappointment and we are paying that guy big bucks to get beat like he did yesterday.
This team has some real attitude problems and it was evident yesterday. Some of the guys just playing their own game. The offensive calling was so predictable that Cardinal fans were actually picking the plays that came true right before my eyes. The guy that forced the safety came from Long's side of the field and that play was completely a joke.
Stedman Bailey is going to be a star in this league. He was the only receiver that knows how to create distance between himself and the defender and he caught everything thrown his way when he was in there. Quick looks lost. Givens looked completely useless and the same for Jared Cook. The O-line just decided not to do much as well. Clemens had a pedestrian day but he took a beating. Clemens went for 16-27 for some yards and Stacy had 14 carries for 25 yards. Pathetic! We gave up three turnovers and 4 sacks. Austin got a nice break on that big run but then got cheap-shotted at the end of the play. He should have scored.
Outside of Dunbar and Olgetree, the defense looked asleep. On the opening drive, the Cards marched right down the field and scored. The opening play was a look-in slant to Fitzgerald that went for 25 yards. They ran that play all day because we could or would not stop it. They would clear out the DBs and then run Fitz on a delayed look-in underneath and Larry would do the rest. We had no sacks by Long or Quinn or anybody else except Olgetree. We never blitz Palmer until the end of the game and he had all day to throw. Again, I could not figure that out for the life of me.
The refs sunk to a new low by calling off that fumble recovery in the end zone and the Jenkins run back. They blew that call so badly and Jenkins would have scored. The was a shaft job of the highest order and we seem to get these types of screw-ups on a consistent basis now. Walton must be brain-dead like Shottenheimer. He is simply clueless on how to run a defense that has any type of prowess and players like C. Long I think knows it. I feel sorry for Long for having his career trashed by a bunch of collective idiots. Overall, a completely lackluster day. Very disappointing.
Zeurelin looked very pedestrian yesterday and his field goals barely squeeked through. This was on a day that kicker in Denver set a new field goal distance record. More of the same. One bright spot is Cody Davis is a keeper. He was smacking people all over the field on STs and he is going to be an excellent Safety. He should be playing ahead of McCleod.
And we had some of the bizarrest things happen and I am just scratching my head today trying to figure out the thinking of this coaching staff. Leaving Clemens in after the big hit was just bizarre. Davis was warming up like he was going in and then Clemens trots onto the field. WTH?? Then, we were already down 30 to 10 and Fisher starts calling timeouts before the 2:00 minute like we had a chance to win the game. He went through all three of them. We were looking at each other like, WTH?? He kept calling timeouts when we had no chance of scoring. Just freakin' bizarre.
Well, like other posters, I no longer expect much from this team the rest of the way. It is obvious they are just playing for draft picks and paychecks at this point. I am willing to give Fisher a pass for now but this is just more of the same lame Rams organization we have watched for the last 15 years. Nobody really gives a shit and there are some improvements from previous administrations but the undercurrent of mediocrity remains and I don't know if that is ever going to change.
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